The SCBC members said that apart from what they describe as “horrendous war crimes and human rights abuses committed by both sides,” victims of the civil war are suffering “a humanitarian disaster.”
“The Church in Sudan appeals to us to help stop the war, provide humanitarian assistance, do advocacy work for peace, prepare for after the war in terms of reconciliation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and trauma healing, and above all, to pray for them,” they added.
The Church leaders highlighted feedback from Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku of the El Obeid Diocese about the situation on the ground.
“I believe that our leaders are not ready for peace. Fighting and conflict have the upper hand as we hear them say unless we defeat the other group, we won’t put down weapons,” the bishop said.
“Time has come for them to think of the people and nation. The more the fighting, the more people get scattered and the more hatred grows among various Sudanese ethnic groups,” the bishop said.
Appealing for peace in Sudan, he added: “Kneel down to pray and hear the voice of God and the voice of the people, the children, the women that cry for peace, and also the blood that cries on the ground of very innocent people who died because of crossfire. Go back to dialogue as children of one mother and one father.”
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